V.1-6 Here is the sad end of Saul and of his sons.
V.7-10 The heathen Philistines now boast in their victory over Israel and king Saul. Once Saul was so mighty and David was so despised. Here is the sad end of that boasting king.
V.11-13 We are glad to read of the valiant men who honored Saul, as God’s anointed king, even though he had been such a failure. We shall see later that David took notice of this, and showed his thanks to these men who risked their lives to show respect to their fallen king Saul. Let’s look back over this book we’ve just finished reading. What stories of failures of men! Almost all of them! It really looks as if God was giving up on them — Samuel the prophet has died, king Saul and his sons are slain by the Philistines; even David had gone over and lived with the Philistines, Israel’s bitter enemy. All is gone. No hope or blessing for Israel, except in the mercy of God! But this is exactly what we find in the second book of Samuel.